Maou No Utsuwa

Northern Belgian territory in the northern part of the Empire. Preparations for the camp were under way along the lazy streets at its eastern end.

Troops are about 300, squadron size. But this army of only three hundred or so was the strongest in the Empire.

The flag of the Silver Cross on the black ground that runs across the camp is the military flag of the Viscount Kreutz army, led by Kamui. The Viscount Kreutz leadership was on its way back from a rebel crackdown mission on northern border territory.

"From Princess Sophilia?

"Yes, I have received a letter"

In a tent erected headfirst in the camp. Kamui had confirmed reports coming from various places. One of them was a writ from Princess Sophilia. It arrives too soon for the consolation of accomplishing the mission. Because I only have one idea.

It's about direct negotiations with the border lords that Zenlock did without informing Kamui.

"Which one do you think?

Keeping the letter on the table, Kamui asked Alto, who would sit in the front.

Are you going to be proud that your negotiations with the Border Lords have come to a successful conclusion, or are you going to be an excuse for realizing that we have served you? Kamui thinks it's either of these.

"Let's see what's inside."

"Yes, but to some extent, before I read it, I tried to be prepared"

"Can't you stay calm if you don't? It's the same for both of us, right?

"... is that so too"

Whether you're proud of your ingenuity or your excuses, it doesn't change what comes to mind. Considering Alto was right, Kamui opened the letter in front of him.

I thought it was a somewhat thick letter, but there were several more in it. Three from Empress Sophilia, Zenlock, and Deefleet.

"Neither."

Without having to ascertain what was written, Kamui told Alto:

"Really?

"Contains a letter from Dee"

This alone convinced me of Alto's expression. The idea is that if Deefleet is involved, he will never send me a ridiculous letter.

"I see. You realize you've done it, and you're apologizing."

"Didn't Dee know, after all?"

"As expected, a runaway princess?

"Even so, Zenlock's grandfather is moving. Princess Sophilia knows that."

"Right..."

As Deefreet thought, the direct negotiations with the border lords that Zenlock had made had quickly reached Kamui's ear. Not because Kamui is gathering his confidence, but because the suspicion of the border lords about the Empire is so deeply ingrained. These are not border lords who honestly believe in being told to negotiate, etc. That's what the Sophilia princesses don't understand.

Here's the result of telling him properly not to make a bad move. Kamui is frightened through anger. And shuddering will take Empress Sophilia's enthusiasm for crown prince support away from Kamui.

"You mean Dee hasn't held the Imperial princess yet"

This is what Kamui sees as a problem. Empress Sophilia knows and Deefreet doesn't. The Sophilians in the Imperial Capital are out of control. As it is now, the same thing happens again.

"Was it a buyout?

"It's serious. If I were you, even if I was on your side, I would relentlessly chase down those who stand in my way."

"That's not what Deefleet can do. You mean it's not for turmoil."

Kamui was buying a Deefleet personality that would attract a lot of people. But now I work for someone with a bad personality.

"... I don't need that evaluation right now. Let's figure out how to answer this."

Kamui, too, is starting to feel just like Alto. But if you admit it completely, you may even create distrust of Deefleet. Kamui was afraid of it.

"What's in the letter?

"Right. Don't check the contents."

Taking the letter in front of him, Kamui began to read the contents. The look on Kamui's face as he reads on remains grumpy. It meant it was as expected in a bad way.

"How'd it go?

As soon as Kamui put the letter back on the table, Alto inquired.

"Older runoff. Zenlock's grandfather wrote that he thought it would be a good idea, but it was short notice."

"That's a white excuse. You think that's gonna work for us?

"You don't think, do you? This is what it means to rule me over."

"What are the conditions to rule?

"You're about to hear this request first. She asked me to tell her if there was anything wrong with her. This is a letter from Princess Sophilia."

"... how could you separate?

Alto doesn't understand why he delivers the trilogy. Alto's senses make me think it's inefficient.

"You look great as royalty, don't you? There is no way the Empress can apologize. The apology is for Zenlock's grandfather, but the Empress has a role to play in it. It's in the form of an intermediary."

"Make it a pain. So, what's the point of Deefleet's brief?

"An apology for not knowing what was going on. Later, this case became the other way around a full opportunity, so I need to make it imitate like this again. It has absolutely nothing to do with any other writ. It's personal."

"... it's serious indeed. I was wondering if you've been negotiating backwards."

"If we're gonna negotiate backwards, we're gonna do it in a different way, right?

"Well, you are. So what do you want?

"Nothing."

"... you okay?

Nothing is demanding, that's what makes me anxious. Alto's fine is a word to worry about doing it and the Sophillian princesses making even more extra moves.

"That's a subtle place. But what more do you want? If this request becomes huge, you will still feel distrustful or threatened. Some of them learn to be jealous. The relationship is getting worse."

"Indeed."

"You may be anxious if you don't demand anything, but that's all. You just have to show that you're on the right side for some occasion. Neither that opportunity nor far ahead."

"... right. We have to make some weird moves later."

"I just have to leave that to Dee. I can't keep an eye on you."

In the end, the problems that have arisen since Kamui was in the Imperial Capital have clearly appeared on the table.

Deefleet has the amount of instrumentation to stand on people. However, it is the ability of Empress Sophilia to become Crown Prince and to be demonstrated after she has succeeded to the throne.

Now all we need is a talent for plotting. Deefleet doesn't have that personality, and because of that personality, there are no such people around.

And that's also, in fact, not a big problem. If no one can come up with a good plan, then nothing is better. If nothing is done, the selection of the Crown Prince will not be speeded up, and until the right time, only Kamui's reputation for military service will influence the inheritance dispute. Naturally, that is the effect of working in favor of Princess Sophilia.

But the Sophilia princesses can't stand it. We don't think the Crown Prince will come under us if we don't do something. We had to do it ourselves, because Kamui was gone. They may also want the satisfaction of being crowns princes because they did something.

Kamui is not in the Imperial Capital. With this alone, the Sophilian princess is beginning to act in a chaotic manner.

"Let's move on to the next issue"

When I think about the Sophilia princesses, Kamui gets a headache. Now I decided to lay aside about it and tackle another problem.

"Well, from a brief place to report. So far, there are no problematic reports of the harvest from anywhere. You're lucky. I was ready for a year of inaction, but this year ended fine"

"That's good"

"Later, the clinic is coming to see if it's time to select those who will free themselves from forced labour"

"Is that what you're gonna say, some number?

"That's what I'm talking about. Looks like he fell for the better part about the treatment. In this kind of territory, there are quite a few people out there who want to live seriously as residents" reports.

"Right."

What Alto is talking about are the bandits who were setting up safe houses in the mountains around Nort Ende. Catch it and use it as a labor force. With that in mind, I hunted mountains and caught quite a few bandits, but the Kamuis were quite troubled about the treatment.

Make it tough and re-tap the sexual roots, or let it be revamped by making you feel the goodness of Nort Ende? It was the latter that I chose. I don't mean to be warm. There is undoubtedly a problem with putting a resident in a place called Nort Ende that I was forced to obey. It's from these judgments.

Those who do not change their minds should turn it off. I have that ruthless idea behind me.

"The final decision will be made when we get back, so we need to compile the materials needed to make the decision. Until we get a candidate."

"Okay. Let them tell you."

A number of reports about the territory are also exchanged from Alto after this. Even during the expedition, Kamui cannot rest on his territorial government. The biggest problem in Northende, the shortage of civilian personnel, has not yet been resolved.

"Well, the report has been. It's a bit of a hassle at the end."

At the end of the whole report, Alto has turned the subject around.

"This time?"

"Rebellion, what can I say? It's a mess."

"Oh. What was making a scene was a bandit collapse. How did that end up in a border rebellion?

Following the life of the rebel crackdown, it was the Viscount Kreutz leadership that led the army towards the border territory, but nothing happened, the opponent was a large number, but only a gathering of displaced persons.

Before his arrival on the ground, Kamui had received reports from acquaintances at the time of the College that the commotion and the border lords had nothing to do with it, and he told it to the general who led the Imperial Army, but he could not have believed it.

On the contrary, the beginning and end of saying that they see the opponent's power as low and divide the army and attack the castle of the border lord. It was an incredible thing for Kamui.

It is not a sane shack, such as attacking a borderline lord without any downfall. Worst of all, it could be a major upheaval involving other peripheral areas.

Communicating this to the General in a few softer words, and even giving the name of Empress Sophilia, to keep her in mind that she managed to attack the border lords, later she was relentlessly attacked by a group of bandits to the point of collapse.

To get a witness that it has nothing to do with the border lord. He was an opponent gathered in a rather robust place, but many, including masterminds, were captive, without any strength to resist the seriousness of the Viscount Kreutz army.

Later, just take a little more testimony from the mastermind in an inhumane way and prove the innocence of the border lord. It also succeeded without difficulty.

I succeeded, but the testimony obtained was more than I could have imagined. There is a curtain in this case. At the instigation of that mastermind, the displaced took action. It's just an excuse for being instigated because it's a surprisingly rewarding behavior.

Then, who is behind it, then, did not get any specific testimony about it. He was caught in high rewards and taking action without being sure of his opponent's qualities either. Those who say it would have been easy to instigate a mastermind.

I almost wanted to get to the truth more, but that's all Kamui was involved in. Later, it was the work of the National Army, and even more so of the Imperial Government above, who was ordered to return to the territory to this day.

But this time it's a big problem for Kamui, who's trying to put the border together. The other party is trying to start a conflict on the border.

"Normally, it's a ruse for the kingdom."

"Oh. But will the kingdom serve the northern border territories? If you want to do it, you're in the east, right?

"The East has already reached out to the point of whether this is still the case. A long time ago."

There are also a number of people in Kamui on the eastern border. As for the information on the peripheral territories, Kamui is known as the best of the empires.

"Inside, because it doesn't work, change your mind and go north? I wouldn't do that."

"Me too. If we're gonna do it, we're gonna go south."

The border between the Empire and the Kingdom is also bordered by parts of the southern border territory. On the other hand, between the northern periphery and the kingdom, that is the northende. Even if the north is rough, it is difficult for the kingdom to intervene directly there.

"So we're gonna talk about not being here?

"That's harder to think about. If it's possible..."

"Prince Terreise"

If there is a disturbance in the border territory, the influence of the border territory in the Empire will be reduced. On the contrary, it could lead to thorough repression. If that happens, Kamui will be fine. It will not be possible to sum up the will of the frontier territory and show a sense of existence in the inheritance dispute.

That is certainly devastating for the Sophilia imperialists.

"But do we do this far?

"Same as just now. I wouldn't do that."

"It's going to confuse the Empire. In the end, rejoicing results in a kingdom."

"I knew the line of kingdom was thick. Then why, north?

Eventually, it was decided to return to its original position. It's not unusual. This is how the Kamuis do it, crushing the possibilities one by one and asking for conclusions.

"... could have been north. How about this?

"You mean it was good anywhere... Who gained or lost money on this case"

There is a motive to cause things. There are various motives, but they can be broken into two parts. Either you want to profit, or you want to harm them. Alto thought of washing the mastermind out of it.

"I don't have enough information to do that"

Kamui immediately denies Alto's idea.

"Right. Do some more research. Uh, can't you?"

"Right. Sending people where the Empire's system is ravenous."

There is no way the Empire can underestimate this case either. Intelligence should be on the move to investigate. Kamui showed difficulty in sending an intermediate there to his place.

"Can you find it?

Techniques can't beat imperial geeks either. Alto's words express that confidence. It actually has that much power. After all, rather than the Viscount Kreutz family, many members of Kamui's personal intelligence services are demonic.

"What if that's mitto?

"… subtle. You're still in training, aren't you?

If there is an exception in it, one of them becomes a mite. Mito is still young and has little experience. I'm still in training for Aur.

"Yes. That's subtle. Aul is tough, so the acceptance criteria should be quite high. So I think Mito's already got a lot of strength."

"But I don't know how much that is. And even if you think you're immature, don't let mitts pick you."

"Overtaking with the rest of us. It's a great opportunity to train in action."

There is no way that Kamui masters who value their experience in action will miss this opportunity, so much so that Mito may be dispatched to gather information even if Kamui does not instruct them.

"Well, I'll take care of it."

"Well......"

Against the masters, they were not very strong enough to say Kamui.

"If you're losing money, you don't have to look into one."

"Where?

"Ouch. It's tough when all this goes on"

"Sort of."

Even on the border, the Viscounts of Kreutz are special and the military costs of troop contributions are promised to be borne mostly by the Empire. But that's after the mission is over and the cost is solidified. Until then, it will be the take out of the Viscount Kreutz family.

If all this continues, you will be on your next assignment without the Imperial payment. This is quite a burden.

"We should hurry back. Come on. I'd like to give you some rest at all."

"Yeah, but you're even using your mission to make money, right?

"Money is Otto's. There's only a small fee on our hands."

"But isn't this a good time?

"I knew you'd understand the value of Maries Hot in the cold north"

"Oh."

Show me where the Viscount Kreutz Leadership actually uses it to interest other Leadership and National Armies. This time, Kamui and the others' thoughts fitted in well.

Marie's Hot, who can warm up in the tent without the risk of a fire, knew the winter cold, and those in the north quickly understood the difficulty.

As soon as I handed out a number of test pieces and had them checked for user-friendliness, an army showed up telling me I wanted them immediately. This business is about to be a big success.

"At this rate, I won't have any difficulty with working capital. Then next time I want to make a lot of money."

"How?

"Purchase what customers want as soon as possible. before it gets high."

"So how?

"If you know there's going to be a war, you can buy weapons and food and collect them. A little, even if it's expensive, the military will buy it."

Besides, few are expensive when it comes to military supplies. Pretty tasty as an opportunity to make money.

"... how dare you come up with that"

"It's the result of a lot of thinking. That kind of assignment. Wouldn't you like to come? It's like a top-secret mission nobody knows about yet."

"Is it convenient to come? I can't believe you got that information, that's when the Empress gets great, isn't it?

"Is that true, too? There's still a long way to go."

"Naturally."

The Kamuis do not understand. That this second half of casual conversation is actually grasping the truth about this one. If there is a conflict in the eastern and northern peripheral territories, the Viscount Kreutz's army will be driven out to repression. If that continues frequently, the Viscounts of Kreutz will be exhausted and eventually become dissatisfied with the Empire.

That's the purpose of the mastermind. And if you're on the side of causing the conflict, you know when and where it happens and it's natural. It's easy to make money in the trade of munitions.

But unfortunately, the Kamuis will never notice this. Incidents caused by the extension of this. It's another fate that I can't resist.